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Rolls-Royce “Goldfinger”: luxury car with real gold bars on board
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An “important Rolls-Royce customer and collector” in England receives his Bond villain car: The Phantom was completely dedicated to the film “Goldfinger” just for him.
Cruising like a Bond villain: It’s possible, but it costs a lot of money. Although Rolls-Royce did not reveal how much the car cost its new owner when it presented the Phantom Extended Goldfinger, some media outlets estimate the figure to be between five and six million euros.
Since the base price of the car is around half a million euros, a lot of money was obviously wasted on customizing the unique car.
It starts on the outside: The color is based on the vehicle that Bond villain Goldfinger drives in the film of the same name. There it is a Phantom III Sedanca de Ville from 1937.
Rolls-Royce with a specially designed hood ornament
Even the “Spirit of Ecstasy” hood ornament was modified for the car. Since Goldfinger smuggles gold in the body parts of his car in the film, the figure of the Phantom appears particularly suspicious. As a nod to the film, it has been machined with 18k gold to give the effect of being made of solid gold and the camouflage paint is flaking in places.
Theft is of course pointless here, as modern Rolls-Royces pull the figure under the hood with some force as soon as someone grabs it. So it’s not possible to tear it off quickly and take it with you.
However, most of the changes can be found in the interior. Here the Phantom is bursting with film references, such as quotes from Goldfinger or an isoline map of the Furka Pass, where a wild chase takes place in the film.
Gold bars on board
Two smaller, but probably quite expensive gimmicks can be found in the center console and the trunk. Since Bond first meets his adversary while playing golf in the film, the new owner gets a gold-plated putter. It’s attached to the trunk lid. But it becomes really valuable next to the driver and passenger. There is a real gold bar made of solid 18-carat gold in a hidden safe compartment between the armrest and the air conditioning control. As a reminder: the price per kilo for 750 gold is currently just over 60,000 euros.
Last but not least, the Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended Goldfinger even comes to the customer with the appropriate license plate. The brand has secured the British license plate “AU 1” exclusively for the vehicle. “AU” stands for “Aurum”, the chemical name for gold, the “1” probably stands for exactly that: number one. If you had stayed in the periodic table, “79” would actually be correct – that is the atomic number for gold.
The new owner, an unnamed collector in England, is unlikely to be upset about it.
Source: Stern
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